I don’t have to tell you the Atlanta Falcons have been a lousy football team over the past six seasons, but I will to underscore just how frustrating and futile those years have been. The Falcons have gone 7-10 in five of those years with one 4-12 season in the mix, they’ve ranked 25th in wins over that span among all NFL teams, and they’ve only come close to the playoffs a couple of times because the NFC South has morphed into one of the league’s less impressive trash heaps. It’s not just that the Falcons have been stuck in neutral; it’s that they’ve been stuck in neutral on a steep hill, not just going nowhere but always seemingly sliding backwards.
Welcome to another hugely consequential Falcons offseason
